03/29/2016 Our System offers more than just Maintenance Management! You can utilize more of the system's flexibility if you wish... Good. Maintenance Management software helps you manage and schedule all your routine maintenance activities. Maintenance can be scheduled for your fleet, your buildings or any pieces of plant or infrastructure. Maintenance can be scheduled on a wide variety of daily, weekly, monthly or yearly time-frames. Breakdowns can be recorded as they happen and repair scheduled for a time best for you! You keep a complete record of all maintenance work done on your plant, fleet, buildings or other assets. Better. Record your parts usage as you complete your jobs. Parts used on jobs automatically flow through to our Inventory module. This is where you can record and monitor parts, their costs, their prices and minimum holdings required. It is where you input stock takes and move items between stores. The Inventory module is where you see how parts are used and when they will be required. Best. You may wish to use our Purchasing module to manage the purchasing of your parts. Integrated with our Inventory module, this lets you see which parts you have coming in and when they are expected. You always know what's going on. If you would like a look at Freeman Software's online system please click here and then click on the Scheduled Maintenance option. Inventory and Purchasing have their own menu options. Click on the Subscribe option when you want to start using the system for your business. Let me know what you think.

Can't find the right business software? Freeman Software offers custom software development for the small/medium sized business. We provide custom-written software to suit your business and your budget. We can base our development on our existing packages or develop software unique to you. The key b…

12/03/2018 Our New Zealand client has a 'highly experienced and dedicated team of skilled tradesmen and project managers specialise in hydro and geothermal generating plant maintenance.' They provide one of their clients with 'clean energy' through a highly sophisticated geothermal steam process.
Our client... Read More »

05/29/2017 Over the last couple of years I have noticed a decline in
the number of our North Island clients and an increase in those from the South
Island. As such, I have decided to move
home and office to Christchurch, right in the middle of the South Island. You will notice our change of address and
tel... Read More »

04/03/2017 'The minute I make a change, everyone gets it' is, I hope, a fallacy in the world of on-line software. It omits a major stage between 'making a change' and 'everyone getting it'. The following is a brief outline on how I fixed a bug in one of our in-house systems. This system is not used by customer... Read More »

03/27/2017 As you know, Freeman Software has been providing and supporting Personal Computer and Network-based software solutions for a number of years. Our Customers have the choice of running their software locally or 'in the cloud'.There are both pros and cons to having software running locally, on your own... Read More »

03/13/2017 I have been reading a lot of articles and watching videos that promote 'made in America'. That's great and I applaud the producers of this content for their patriotism. However, I am not American so...When I was younger my father needed an orchard sprayer. He bought the steel (BHP Australia) the tan... Read More »

03/01/2017 The birth of a system...Dave, I am frustrated that our maintenance is not being done *. I have been looking at this system (x) and it seems to do what we need. I need to be able to see what is being done each day and Sally needs to print out work orders each day for the team.We had a look at the sug... Read More »

11/28/2016 You know what you want your system to do and you know how it should work. However, there are a number of other things you need to consider. Part 3 of 3.EFFICIENCYSpecifies how well the software utilizes scarce resources:
CPU cycles, disk space, memory, bandwidth, etc.PERFORMANCEThe performance cons... Read More »

11/13/2016 You know what you want your system to do and you know how it
should work. However, there are a number
of other things you need to consider. Part 2 of 3.FLEXIBILITYIf your company intends to increase or extend the
functionality of the software after it is deployed, that should be planned from
the... Read More »

10/30/2016 You know what you want your system to do and you know how it should work. However, there are a number of other things you need to consider, these are called non-functional requirements. Part 1 of 3.AVAILABILITYA system's availability, or "uptime," is the amount of time that it is operational and ava... Read More »

09/28/2016 "I need my 'patient database' amended so that we can see upcoming appointments for our patients. We need to be able to add new patients when they make appointments and we need to be able to update existing patient records when they make appointments. I have Doctors and Nurses who can make separate o... Read More »

08/15/2016 "We repair technical electronic equipment. Some of it is our rental stock and some belongs to customers. Can you help?"Freeman Software can help you regardless of your business requirements. The following is just one example.A few years ago we supplied a Windows(tm) system to a company that provides... Read More »

07/05/2016 "We own a large number of residential rental properties. We need a simple system to track rents, contracts and repairs. We don't want the complexity of the systems that commercial managers (agents) use. Can you help?"Freeman Software can help you regardless of your business
requirements. The follow... Read More »

06/21/2016 "We rent technical electronic equipment to a wide variety of customers on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. We have a couple of thousand items that we need to track and account for. Can you help?"Freeman Software can help you regardless of your business
requirements. The following is just one
exam... Read More »

06/07/2016 "I need a 'patient database' on which I can record patient details, records of their visits and record detailed photographs of their skin problems. I have a number of reports that are needed for my business, for my patients and for the District Health Boards. Can you help?" Freeman Software can help... Read More »

05/10/2016 ENZED (R) has recently been advertising its 24x7 Hose Doctor service. This service, and others like it, can be a life-saver for your business. However, emergency repairs are going to be very expensive in cost, time and lost productivity.Maintenance Management Made EasyFrom just $50 per monthFreeman... Read More »

05/04/2016 What if you need something other than Maintenance Management, specific to your business? Freeman Software has considerable experience with developing customised business software solutions.In addition to Maintenance Management, our on-line system currently offers examples of:A quality customer and p... Read More »

04/26/2016 Your Business' Chart of Accounts will probably show Property, Plant and Machinery under Assets and will show Repairs and Maintenance under Expenses on its Income Statement.Our Maintenance Management system is built to help you Optimise your Maintenance expense so that it Reduces your Repair expense... Read More »

04/19/2016 Preventive Maintenance is just that - a maintenance plan to prevent breakdowns. Our system is purpose-built to manage the needs of the New Zealand business. It can be used for Fleets, Buildings, Production Equipment or anything else that needs regular maintenance. But what do you do if you need some... Read More »

04/12/2016 You're on a site visit, but it's strangely quiet? Your Site Manager, an Engineer and the Driver are huddled around one of your expensive machines. You go to investigate... The Engineer and the Driver are pouring through drawings and bills of material, under the watchful and impatient eye of the Site... Read More »

04/05/2016 Freeman Software's Maintenance Management system can be used in a number of ways. Choose the way that best suits your business ... One of our clients simply keeps a list of all their Assets and records when breakdowns occur. Only quarterly and annual maintenance is scheduled. They are in the fortuna... Read More »

03/22/2016 'What about parts?' I hear you ask. 'I
need to make sure we hold enough spare parts through-out the year.'Parts management is
simple for your maintenance team, they just record the parts used on each job
and the system takes care of the rest.Our INVENTORY module is where you record
parts, their... Read More »

03/15/2016 Last time I posted,
I missed out one thing. One of the first
questions I get asked is: 'How much?'.
So...For a small monthly
fee you get the following...* A system to manage
any type of 'Asset': Buildings, Plant, Equipment, Vehicles and anything else
you need.* Maintenance can be
scheduled o... Read More »

03/07/2016 We have been approached a number of times recently with requests
similar to the following ... "We are looking for software to enable us to better manage our
onsite maintenance. We are a small to
mid-sized business serving both Local and Export markets. We have a few buildings and plant, some
for... Read More »